Step inside De Rotterdam, the mega-building from Rem Koolhaas – in pictures

Designed by Rem Koolhaas and dubbed the Vertical City, De Rotterdam is a 160,000 sq m monster – one of Europe's biggest buildings. And Koolhaas is just the latest starchitect to go wild in Rotterdam's redeveloped harbour district Wilhelminapier

Monday 18 November 2013 02.00 EST
First published on Monday 18 November 2013 02.00 EST

Rotterdam: a view across the River Maas to the Wilhelminapier and Rem Koolhaas's De Rotterdam buildingPhotograph: Ossip van Duivenbode